DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A woman is dead, and her husband is being treated after a shooting in Douglasville Saturday night, according to law enforcement.

The shooting happened at a home located on 7082 Littlebrook Way just before 9:30 p.m. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), Douglasville police were responding to a domestic call at the home when they found a woman lying in the yard with unknown injuries and a man standing close by.

GBI says officers confronted the man, later identified as 51-year-old Volanta Lejuan Walker, who was armed with a handgun, and “gave commands for him to drop his gun.” He refused to obey the commands and pointed the handgun towards officers, and an officer shot him.

Medical aid was given to Walker, and he was taken to a hospital for

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